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noun
1.
Machinery.
a.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
b.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
c.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
2.
the mouthpiece of a bridle, having fittings at each end to which the reins are fastened.
3.
anything that curbs or restrains.
4.
the blade or iron of a carpenter's plane.
5.
EXPANDthe cutting part of an ax or hatchet.
6.
COLLAPSEthe wide portion at the end of an ordinary key that moves the bolt.
verb (used with object)
7.
to put a bit in the mouth of (a horse).
8.
to curb or restrain with, or as with, a bit.
9.
to grind a bit on (a key).
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Bits
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
10.
take the bit in/between one's teeth, to cast off control; willfully go one's own way: He took the bit in his teeth and acted against his parents' wishes.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; cognate with German Biss, Old Norse bit. See bite
before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; cognate with German Biss, Old Norse bit. See bite
Related forms
bit·less, adjective
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noun
Idioms1.
a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
2.
a short time: Wait a bit.
3.
Informal. an amount equivalent to 121/2 U.S. cents (used only in even multiples): two bits; six bits.
4.
an act, performance, or routine: She's doing the Camille bit, pretending to be near collapse.
5.
EXPANDa stereotypic or habitual set of behaviors, attitudes, or styles associated with an individual, role, situation, etc.: the whole Wall Street bit.
9.
a bit, rather or somewhat; a little: a bit sleepy.
10.
a bit much, somewhat overdone or beyond tolerability.
11.
bit by bit, by degrees; gradually: Having saved money bit by bit, they now had enough to buy the land.
12.
do one's bit, to contribute one's share to an effort: They all did their bit during the war.
13.
EXPANDevery bit, quite; just: every bit as good.
14.
COLLAPSEquite a bit, a fairly large amount: There's quite a bit of snow on the ground.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bite, Old English bita bit, morsel; cognate with German Bissen, Old Norse biti. See bite
before 1000; Middle English bite, Old English bita bit, morsel; cognate with German Bissen, Old Norse biti. See bite
Synonyms
1. particle, speck, grain, mite; whit, iota, jot; scrap, fragment.
1. particle, speck, grain, mite; whit, iota, jot; scrap, fragment.
noun Computers.
1.
Also called binary digit. a single, basic unit of information, used in connection with computers and information theory.
2.
verb
simple past tense and a past participle of bite.
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bit  (bĭt) Pronunciation Key
The smallest unit of computer memory. A bit holds one of two possible values, either of the binary digits 0 or 1. The term comes from the phrase binary digit. See Note at byte. |
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Cultural Dictionary
bit definition
The smallest unit of information. One bit corresponds to a “yes” or “no.” Some examples of a bit of information: whether a light is on or off, whether a switch (like a transistor) is on or off, whether a grain of magnetized iron points up or down.
Note: The information in a digital computer is stored in the form of bits.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| BITS building integrated timing supply |
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